Pauley Perrette, who plays the resident forensic specialist Abby Sciuto on NCIS, graciously answered a few questions from Daemon’s TV about what fans can expect from this eighth season of NCIS and also gave up a few tidbits about her character including something we didn’t know about Abby. Enjoy!

NCIS is now entering its eight season. How does it feel to have seven successful seasons under your belt?

Pauley Perrette: Grateful, is how I feel. I’ll go ahead and say that Season 8 is so good that I can’t wait for the fans to see it! To be able to play the iconic character of Abby on a show where the entire cast and crew is still excited and in love with the show is a blessing that comes along… Like never. People always say it looks like we are having so much fun, and we are! It’s great. I’m grateful.

﻿NCIS star Pauley Perrette bringsnew life to Impressionist masterpieces at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris

For someone so often confused with her goth-ish TV alter ego, Abby Sciuto, Pauley Perrette suddenly looks nothing like her.

Smoldering in an evening gown on the roof of the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris with the sun setting over the Eiffel Tower, the star of NCIS has shed all vestiges of lab rat Abby. “Are you loving the roof deck a little bit?” she asks the photo crew assembled to capture the moment. She swigs from a bottle of beer and smiles widely. “One, two, three—fromage!”

Knowing the French word for cheese: Not bad for a Paris virgin. This is Perrette’s first time in the City of Lights, and it wasn’t an easy journey for the heroine-by-day, hermit-by-night. Despite the fact that she’s lived in Georgia, North Carolina, New York and all points in between, she has recently found herself frumping out in Los Angeles. “There have been years of being a total recluse,” she says over lunch in the hotel’s Galerie des Gobelins. “Wherever I am, I just want to be back at my house, on the couch. But sometimes things that you’re scared of—like traveling—all you gotta do is do ’em and they’re not so scary anymore.”

Recently on Twitter, Pauley Perrette (@PauleyP) suggested that her fans do a 3-O'Clock Dance Break and fan-videos began appearing on the internet. Here's a well produced collage of dance videos by Tanja Calio, @TanjaCaloi on Twitter. —Click Continue below to seePauley Perrette's dance video...